My Life With IT

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After using the Samsung Omnia for more than a week, I can safely say that I love it. I love the slimness and it’s sleek looks. I like the auto brightening of the display based on the surrounding lighting. I am use the auto function. So far, it seems to work fairly. I’m not a good gauge at the display.

I like the way Samsung built in the keyboards. They are not too tiny like the default keyboards that comes with Windows Mobile. I can press the keys using my finger and that is why I dislike iPhone despite its sleekness

Windows Mobile 6.1 has threaded messages and it makes it so much easier to continue the SMS if you key in halfway and have to answer someone else. I don’t have to save the message and read the message that I was trying to reply too. Unfortunately, deleting a message also means deleting the whole thread and you can’t save just one message from the same person.

I tried the mass sending of SMS and sent blank messages instead. I don’t know if that’s what it was supposed to do but I wasted a few good long SMS that way. Thus, I won’t be attempting the stunt except using the email. The volume is quite good but the vibration is a wee bit too weak. Perhaps it’s the size.

Overall, I love it a lot because I can take quite decent photos with the 5MP camera. The dim lighting will cause the photos to go dark but when I tried using the flash, the photos turned out too white. Looks like my S5 IS is a better option for such condition.

There is a slight lag despite turning off the Samsung Widget programme. I feel that the processor speed is alright but the RAM should be increased since it doesn’t seem to match the processor speed.

I still haven’t used the Wifi because the last time I connect to Wireless@SG, I didn’t manage to surf the net except the error page.

After using WP for so long and doing my own upgrades when necessary, I found that the new UI is a refreshing look. All other features work find except for the widgets. I am not the only one complaining of the way the widgets work now.

I just wanted to move my text widget to another sidebar. So, I removed it and saved. Only to realised that it has been totally deleted. That’s not what I intended. I have to find all my codes again and add a new text widget. I have no idea why the new changes to the widgets but it would be nice for us to be able to control whether the text widgets gets deleted, no?

I thought it was so much easier just to drag and drop. Now, it’s changed to something that isn’t that friendly and easy to use at all.

After my post on no payout from Blogitive, I got my payment via Paypal. I still don’t know the reason behind the delay but I hope that it won’t happen again because I don’t want to be cheated of my efforts wasted at doing a review that is approved but not getting paid and unable to remove that review.

I am owed a huge payout by Blogitive. My reviews have been approved and it is supposed to be paid weekly as claimed but I haven’t received any pay via Paypal yet. I don’t know how long the reviews have been approved because Blogitive doesn’t do a date stamp, apparently.

I don’t know what the Completed column is for. Anyone who can point this out to me, please comment. Thanks. I have emailed Blogitive but they seemed to be very busy with lord knows what. The 2 days to reply any email claim seems to be an empty statement.

My first paid review for them came without a hitch. Apparently, when the payout is bigger, they take their own sweet time to pay. If you can’t support this site and pay as weekly as claimed, please, do us a big favour, just state that the pay will be monthly so that your accountants won’t be so busy.

I still have 5 more reviews pending approval and frankly speaking, I have the feeling that I am being taken for a fool for spending my time writing them because I may not be paid even when they are approved because the log for the approved reviews is not properly designed to state if the review has been paid or not. Please, change the log.